Comment from SFE “Forests of Ukraine” regarding the Economic Security Bureau’s statement on the ERP system procurement

The Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine stated that its analysts had allegedly identified potential risks of inflating the expected cost of procuring services to implement an ERP-type business process automation system, as well as indications of discriminatory requirements being imposed.

In fact:

1.The feasibility study and calculation of the expected procurement cost were prepared by the Ukrainian Institute for Design and Development of Information and Telecommunication Infrastructure “Diprozvyazok” of the Administration of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine.

“Diprozvyazok” provides a comprehensive range of services covering all stages of creating information‐communication and engineering infrastructure, from design and survey work and expert review all the way to commissioning of the facility.

The cost calculation was carried out by the Institute in accordance with the methodology approved by the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine.

2.The compliance of the developed feasibility study with the requirements of SFE “Forests of Ukraine” and legal regulations was confirmed by the expert opinion of the Institute of Telecommunications and Global Information Space of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

3.As of now, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has not received any complaints from procurement participants indicating the presence of discriminatory conditions.

4.The expected cost may decrease significantly during the bidding process, so it is premature to draw conclusions about the final procurement price.